Broom-moistener.



W. A. FULLER. BROOM MOISTENER. APPLIOATIOK mum m: as, 1908.

. Patented May 11, 1909.

attozmm WILLIAM A. FULLER, OF BEAVER FALLS, PENNSYLVANIA.

BROOM-MOISTE NER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 1 1, 1909.

Application filed. May 25, 1908. Serial No. 434,882.

5! '0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NILIJAM A. FULLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Beaver Falls, in the county of Beaver and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Broom-ltloistcner, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in broom moisteners.

The object of the present invention is to improve the construction of brush or broom moisteners, and to provide a simple and comparatively inexpensive nioistening device, adapted to be quickly applied to and removed from an ordinary broom, and capable of holding a quantity of water, oil or antiseptic solution and of enabling the discharge of the same to be readily controlled.

A further object of the invention is to provide a plurality of discharge" channels or passages, arranged to secure a uniform distribution of the contents of the moistener to the broom, whereby an excessive discharge of liquid at a sin lc point is eliminated.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the construction and novel combination of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended; it being understood that various 0 anges in the form, proportion, size and minor details of construction, within the scope of the claims, may be resorted to without departing from the s irit or sacrificing any of the advantages 0 the invention.

In the drawing:Figure 1 is a perspec tive view of a moistening device, constructed in accordance with this invention and shown applied to a broom. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the moistening device. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view, taken substantially on the line 3*?) of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a similar view, taken substantially on the line 44 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view, the inner plate being partially broken away to illustrate the arrangement of the channels or passages more clearly.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawing.

1 designates a narrow substantially oblong reservoir, desi nod to contain water or oil for laying the net, or an antiseptic solution, and constructed of sheet metal, or other suitable material. The reservoir or rcce tacle, which is disposed in an ap )roximatel horizontal position, when applied to a broom 2, has its front wall 3, its rear wall 4, its bottom 5 and its top 6, constructed from a single piece of sheet metal, which is bent and curved to form the bottom. The end walls 7 preferably consist of separate pieces suitably secured to the contiguous portions of the reservoir at the end edges thereof. The front wall 3 has its upper portion angularly bent and arranged at an inclination to form the top 6, which is equipped with a filling orifice. The reservoir is provided at the filling orifice with a threaded flan e 8 for the reception of a screw cap 9 of t1e ordinary construction. The screw cap is removable to permit the reservoir to be supplied with the desired liquid.

The rear wall is provided with a series of downwardly diverging inclined discharge passages 10, terminating at their lower ends in semispherical nozzles 11, and communicating at their upper ends with a horizontally disposed approximately oblong discharging chamber 12, having inlet passages 13 at the top located at the end portions of the chamber 12 and spaced from the filling orifice, so that there will be no liability of the li uid (lroppin into the discharge chamber w ilc filling tide reservoir. The downwardly di vergin passages which are arranged in a ver tical p ane consist of grooves or channels, formed by stamping the metal of the rear wall of the reservoir and pressing the same outward from the inner face of the said rear wall. The discharging chamber, which tapers downwardly, likewise consists of a depression formed by stamping or pressing the sheet metal outwardly from the inner face of the rear Wall, and the grooves or channels are separated into separate passages by means of an inner face plate 14, soldered or otherwise secured to the inner face of the rear wall of the reservoir, and stamped at the up or portion to form the inlet passages 13. The semispherical nozzles 11, which consist of protuberances, project outwardly be 0nd the channels or passages and are provi ed with discharge perforations 15. The projecting nozzle protuberances are adapted to be partially embedded in the straw of the broom so that the liquid contents of the reservoir will be discharged into the same.

The reservoir is mounted on the broom 2 by means of a pair of hooks 16, constructed from a single piece of wire, or other suitable material and piercing the rear wall of the receptacle beyond the u(pper portions of the passages, and connecte y) a horizontal portion 17, which operates to ind the face plate 14 to the rear wall of the reservoir. In practice the hooks, which extend downwardly from the upper portion of the rear wall of the reservoir at an angle, are embedded in the stitched portion of the broom, and the nozzles or protuberances 11 are located below the said stitched portion.

The flow of the contents of the reservoir through the discharge passages is controlled by the person using the broom. When it is desired to discharge a quantity of liquid contained in the reservolr, the broom is partially raised to tilt or place the reservoir in a horizontal position, so that the liquid will flow through the passages 13 into the dischar ing chamber 12, from whence the liqui is evenly distributedto the broom through the downwardly diverging discharge passages 10. As soon as the broom is raised sufficiently to raise the upper ends of the in let passages 13 above the surface of the wa ter, or other li uid the flow of the same to the dischar e c amber will be cut off. The flow of the i uid from the reservoir into the dischargin c iamber is controlled by the op erator, an the contents of the reservoir are not permitted to slosh freely into the said chamber while the broom is in its normal position when in use.

Havin thus fully described my invention, what I c aim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A moistener of the class described includin a reservoir, a dischargin chamber locate at the upper portion of t e back of the moistener and separate from and communicating with the interior of the reservoir at the top onl so as to be filled by tilting the moistener be ow the normal position occu pied by a broom when in use, and a plurality of discharge passages arranged in a vertical plane and extending from the discharging chamber and having discharge outlets at the bottom.

2. A moistener of the class described in eluding a reservoir, a chamber located at the top of the back of the reservoir and communicating at the top only with the interior of the said reservoir and arranged to be filled by tilting the moistener below the normal position occupied by a broom when in use, and discharge passages arranged in a vol irai iplane and each connnunieaiing a! the top with the discharging chamber and having an individual ouilet through the receptacle at the bottom, said paszaiges diverging downwardly and tern'iinating in projecting nozzles.

3. A im'iistener of the class described including a reservoir provided in the inner face of one of its walls with a depression and having a series of grooves or channels extending from the said depression, a plate covering the depression and the grooves and cooperating with the same to form a chamber and discharge passages.

4. A moistener of the class described in cluding a reservoir provided in the inner face of one of its walls with a depression and having a series of grooves or channels extending from the said depression, a plate covering the depression and the grooves and cooperating with the same to form a chamber and discharge passages, said plate being grooved at the top, the inlet passages for the chamber and the reservoir being perforated. at the discharge ends of the grooves or channels.

5. A moistenerof the class described including a reservoir provided in one of its walls with a depression and having a series of grooves or channels extending therefrom, a plate secured to the reservoir and covering the depression and the grooves or channels to form a chamber and a series of passages, and attaching hooks arranged exteriorly of the reservoir and having an interior connecting portion extending across the said plate.

6. A moistener of the class described including a reservoir provided at the front with a filling orifice, a discharging chamber arranged at the top of its rear wall and provided at the top with inlet passages spaced from the filling orifice of the reservoir and arranged to be filled by tilting the moistener below the normal position occupied by a broom when in use, and discharge passages communicating with the chamber at the bottom thereof and having outlets through the reservoir.

7. A moistener of the class described including a reservoir constructed of sheet metal and provided at the inner face of one of its walls with an upper depression and having a plurality of downwardly diverging grooves or channels extending from the depression, said reservoir being also provided at the lower ends of the grooves or channels with exterior semispherical projections an d having erforations in the same to form nozzles, ant a plate secured to the interior of the reservoir and covering the depression and the grooves or channels.

8. A moistener of the class described provided with a Vertical rear Wall and having an inclined top Wall extending upwardly from the front of the reservoir to the said rear Wall and having an inlet arranged in the angle formed by the inclined top of the reservoir 3 and the rear Wall thereof and permitting the 1 discharging chamber to be filled by tilting I the moistener below the normal position 00- cupied by a broom when in use, and discharlge 10 passages extending downwardly from t bottom of the discharging chamber and having individual outlets through the reservoir.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM A. FULLER.

W'itnesses CHAS. H. HARVEY, Jos. (1. Ronnie. 

